A Lot Will Be Written or Said About the Elections in Gyumri: Baghdasaryan

The spokesperson for the Prime Minister, Nazeli Baghdasaryan, wrote on Facebook: "A lot will be written or said about the elections in Gyumri, but there are undeniable facts that need to be highlighted today.

In the days leading up to the elections and on the election day itself, a large camp of opposition figures settled in Gyumri under the guise of journalists and observers from all corners of Armenia, especially Yerevan. The goal was singular: to create an illusion under unbelievable headlines that the authorities were falsifying the elections. Neither the presence of prominent opposition figures nor their frantic efforts contributed to the registration of violations that could be attributed to the authorities and would have a significant impact on the voting results.

The ironic part was that a lion's share of the recorded violations was occurring at the hands of the opposition themselves. Meanwhile, the unfounded accusations directed at the authorities remained unsubstantiated and without evidence.

After the summary of the election results, the shouting articles titled 'the elections were falsified,' 'the elections in Gyumri should be declared invalid' completely disappeared. I'll leave the speculations to you. The reality is that our political team has consistently rejected any form of electoral fraud, adhering to our adopted principles and methods.

Therefore, the cases of overt bribery, coercion of the will of the people, and forced redirection of voters involving opposition participants in Gyumri must receive a clear legal assessment.

'Civil Contract' has been honest with its voters and remains so, which is why more than 17,000 residents of Gyumri cast their votes for Sarik Minasian and our party for the sake of a democratic Armenia.

It is another matter that votes have been extracted through the abuse and deception of the people's credibility by opposition camps, which will now be 'dedicated' to a representative of the Communist Party who gathered twice fewer votes than we did. Time will give its assessment."